The energy a narcissist can commit to vengeance is unimaginable to the regular person.
Putting people on planes and shipping them off to prisons without due process.
When have we seen this before?
This is what they all paid for, right?
Those "free speech" dollars are working as planned.
I just cancelled my subscription. Unfortunate that he couldn't do more after so many people supported him during the API debacle.
Playground antics can work on these types of people. First, you have to understand who they think they are, and what they take pride in. Then attack them incessantly based on the knowledge of what constitutes their ego.
This point should be understood by all - they're programmed to get a dopamine hit in the moment by pissing you off.
They're not arguing in good faith and all the time you spend making rational statements is a waste. Nobody is keeping a scorecard that punishes them for losing an intellectual discussion.
The opposition to MAGA has to find a new path, because applying rational arguments in discussions ain't going to work.
Why is such a group allowed on Facebook?
I agree some form of consistent opposition messaging is needed.
The maga world talks in consistent themes and terminology, which creates a psychological advantage. Unfortunately, it's playground psychology, but if that's the game being played you need to find a way to win at it.
My claim is it isn't constructive to scream about "corporations" without actively understanding the core issues. Corporations are human constructs governed by a set of laws within whatever locality they exist.
We have allowed corporations to become overly powerful and greedy by letting our elected officials effectively accept bribes in the form of so-called election finance. This has led to regulatory capture by corporations.
My point is corporations are whatever we allow them to be, and after generations of allowing them to become monopolistic behemoths, we either need to find a way to reign in their power or we'll be run over.
If you want to reign in corporations, you have to start by changing the systems that govern them. Screaming that they're greedy is a fools errand, they're obviously greedy in the current form. We need to take action and actually hold people accountable.
As a reasonably experienced "data guy," this seems obviously laughable, but the discussion on X is scary. This guy is a savior in the MAGA world.
We can criticize and poke fun all day, but it doesn't matter much if our message isn't challenging the mindset of those with other opinions.
How do we make better use of our time to impact outside opinion?
Corporations are whatever we define them to be.
They're only legal structures which we could construct to be beneficial, or as we see in modern times, others could mold to rob society of greater good.
The problem isn't corporations, the problem is humans don't have the consistent will to build societies that prevent and punish greed.
They need round-the-clock community driven monitoring and protection.
Might as well get started catching the fascists in the act.